9-year-old raped, dumped in ditch near Vasant Kunj in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A nine-year-old girl was raped in a forested area at Rangpur Pahadi near Vasant Kunj on Wednesday night when she had gone to relieve herself in a public toilet. She was found unconscious in a ditch by a few women who alerted her parents.
The child was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Center with severe injuries in her private parts and internal organs and had to undergo surgery on Thursday.

DCP (southwest) Devender Arya confirmed the developments and said that two people have been detained for questioning. Police suspect that a group of drug addicts from the area could be behind the sexual assault.



The child’s father works as a driver on daily wages. He stays in a shack at the JJ colony with his wife, son and two daughters. The family also runs a cigarette kiosk. The parents said that the girl had stepped out on Wednesday evening to relieve herself after returning home from coaching classes when she was dragged into the bushes and raped.

Her parents took the bleeding girl to a private hospital from where she was referred to AIIMS and cops were informed. Sources said the child has been admitted in the ICU as doctors suspect that her injuries have become infected.

Locals said that the colony has a temporary toilet running out of a porta cabin in an unlit area bordering the forest. The women in the colony normally form a group while going to the toilet, but on Wednesday the girl didn’t find anyone to accompany her.

The women who spotted the child said that the assailants seemed to have smothered her after raping her due to which she fell unconscious. They then dumped her in the ditch. She had injuries on her cheek and arms. There are no CCTV cameras in the area. The child’s mother, who spoke to her on Thursday, claimed that the assailants were masked.

Police are waiting for the girl to record her statement under Section 164 CrPC based on which the sketch of the accused would be prepared. The girl studies in Class IV in a nearby government school.

A case under IPC section 376 (rape) and POCSO Act has been registered. The possibility of multiple assailants has not been ruled out. Cops suspect the girl may have been on the radar of the assailants for some time.